Child&#39;s vehicle



Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

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CHILD'S VEHICLE. APPLICATION FILED MAY I6. I9I9- Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

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NEVIN AUGUSTUS ARCHIBALD, OF CONCORD, NORTH. CAELOLINA.

CHILDS VEHICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

Application filed May 16, 1919. Serial No. 297,481.

ing and as a push wagon, and which can also be pulled around by means of a tongue pro-' vided for that purpose.

Another object isto provide a vehicle which affords a comfortable seat for the user and which also has an efficient knee rest for i use when the device is being pushed by the user. 1

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as ferred form of the invention has been shown.

65 body, as shown in Fig. 5.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation.

- Fig. -2 is a bottom plan view.

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section, the parts being arranged to form a coas'ter.

Fi 4 is a rear elevation of the structure with he partsarranged as in'Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section through a portion of the knee rest.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates the body of the vehicle' having a reduced intermediate portion while the rear end thereof is cut away at the center, as shown at 2 to receive a covering 3 of leather or the like which bulges downwardly thereinto to form a knee rest. This covering can be attached to the body in any manner desired, as by means of nails or the like, 4:, the heads of. which are seated in re cesses or de ressions formed in a binding strip 5 whic is flush with the top of the the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain if preferred the user can grasp Slots 6 are formed in the side portions of the body near the front thereof to receive the hands, of the user which can thus grip those portions of the body between the slots and the side edges of the body.

The front end of the body is rounded-and formed with an arcuate recess 7 and a cord 8 may be secured to the front portion of the body at the center thereof, as shown.

Arranged under the rear portion of the body 1 is a bolster 9 provided with braces 10 and the upper end of the bolster is recessed at 11 to receive the knee rest while the lower end of the'bolster is arched to provide side forks 12 each of which carries a transverse bearing pin 13 on which is mounted a supporting wheel 14:. A notch is formed in the upper portion of the arch, as shown at 15 and a hook 16 is pivotally connected to the bolster and adapted to hang below and back of the notch.

A front standard 17 is secured to the front portion of the body 1 and has a brace, 18, connected thereto. tended under the standard 17 and is spaced therefrom by superposed wear rings 20 or in any other suitable manner. A pivot and attaching screw 21 is extended loosely throu h the center of the cross head and into t e lower end of the standard and attached to each end portion of the cross head is a caster 22.

A substantially V-shaped bracket 23 is extended forwardly from the cross head 19, it being provided with alining terminals that are attached to the cross head b bolts or the like as shown. The forked en of a tongue 24 straddlesand is pivotally connected to the front or apex portion of the bracket and has a handle 25 at its free end.

When it is desired to use the device as an ordinary wagon it can be pulled and guided A cross head 19 is extongue into the front recess 7 and fastening it loosely by means of the cord 8, it can be used as a the vehicle is being pushed by the user. Or

the body at the slots 6 and, by swaying the front end of the body toward one side or the other, guide the vehicle in the same'manner as roller skates are guided. To be entirely outof the way the cross-head can be turned around and the tongue 24 fastened in the notch 15 by the hook16 or else allowed to handle and a uiding means while" the sides. of

hang within the space between the forks 12 having a knee receiving opening in the rear from a cord 26 secured to the bottom of the portion thereof, and a flexible knee rest supbody. ported across and within the opening.

Another way in which the vehicle can be. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 5 guided is by sitting astride the body 1 and my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature 15 placing the feet on the end portions of the in the presence of two witnesses. cross head 19. NEVIN AUGUSTUS AROHIBALD.

What is claimed is Witnesses: A childs vehicle including a bod and H. I. WOODHOUSE, 10 front and rear supporting wheels, sai body W. G. CAsWELL. 

